by Cimino | 25 Jul 2010 | Motorway
‘Sofia’ has cost $1.3 billion. If built, the Pūhoi–Wellsford Motorway is estimated to cost $2.3 billion. Nine years behind schedule, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy has just begun studying the atmospheres of other planets, when the extreme...
by Cluny Macpherson | 25 Jul 2010 | Motorway
The motorway consultation process is generating considerable debate in the area. Communities, understandably, are currently focused on what can be done between now and 26 July to influence those making decisions about the design of the proposed Pūhoi–Wellsford...
by Cimino | 22 Jul 2010 | Regional governance
It has huge appeal. Many would love to be lord of their own domain, kingdom, republic or, in the case of Rodney district mayors, unitary authority. Mayor John Law gave it a shot, only to be brought back to Earth by the reality of the cost of delivering the governance...
by Cimino | 21 Jul 2010 | Motorway
The raison d’être for this publication is the Mahurangi landscape. More specifically, the Mahurangi Magazine’s mission has been to help ensure that recognition of the harbourscape was a principal part of the Mahurangi Action Plan. And it is, although it appeared...
by Cimino | 20 Jul 2010 | Motorway, Transport and climate action
The New Zealand Transport Agency must be thoroughly bemused. A community reacts in outrage to the prospect of being denied direct access to a proposed motorway, when it should be erupting in righteous indignation at the absurdity of continued motorway construction....
by Cimino | 18 Jul 2010 | Motorway
Predictably, all the ruckus is over the off and on ramps. An entirely refreshing idea has been suggested by Mahurangi West man Cluny Macpherson. Professor Macpherson contends that bus bays should be provided opposite Pūhoi and Mahurangi West. This would facilitate...
by Cimino | 17 Jul 2010 | Mahurangi West Hall
A plea for 50 donations of $100 has gone out. With a bid somewhat north of $100, a generous contributor to the Mahurangi West Hall mulch fund could come away with a warm feeling and a case of Ransoms’ wine. Tomorrow evening, the Mahurangi Magazine will auction a case...
by Cimino | 14 Jul 2010 | Mahurangi Club
The suggestion has been made before. That a Mahurangi Club be established where proponents can socialise and discuss life, the Mahurangi, and everything. And not just at a general-purpose venue, but at some civilised haunt with a bar and hors d’œuvres. And with...
by Janie Randerson | 12 Jul 2010 | Mahurangi West Hall
We need your help. On Saturday, 14 people turned up at 9am at the Mahurangi West Hall with forks, pitch forks, spades, quad bikes and trailers plus a tractor and tray to load up from where it was dumped on the roadside on to the trailers and cart down to the...
